Improvement in gate-latches



E. HALSE'Y.

Gate-Latches.

No, 156,345, Patented Oct. 27,1874.

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NITEDV STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD HALSEY, OF SAN J OSE, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN GATE-LATCHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 156,345, dated October 27, 1874 application filed December 31, 1873.

CASE B.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD HALSEY, of the city of San Jose, in the county of Santa Clara, State of California, have invented certain Improvements in Latches for Doors and Gates, of which the following is a specification:

My invention consists in a pivoted and handled gravity-latch, provided with aprojecting pin or lug, and so attached in a transverse slot in a gate, adapted to swing in either direction laterally, that when the-"gate is being swung shut said latch will turn on its pivot and the pin or lug ride up oneof the inclines of a striker-plate which is fixed to the post, and engage a notch formed therein.

Figure l is a perspective view of a gate showing the application of the latch. Fig. 2 is the latch-bar divested of the handles a 0. but having a knob attached. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the latch-post showing the application of the striking-plate.

A is the door or gate. B is the latch-bar having handles a M, which are turned inthe same direction at right angles with the latchbar. It has a projecting lug, b, on its face or outer side, and is attached or secured to the edge of the door or gate in a transverseslot or recess thereof, by means of a screw, 0, which serves as a pivot on which the latchbar vibrates. Between the latch-bar and the door or gate there is a metal washer which tends to keep the bar clear of the door or gate, and permit of its free action. 0 is the striking-plate, which is attached to the post e by means of nails or screws h h. It is beveled or inclined on its upper edge in opposite directions, as shown at f f in Fig. 3, so that the door or gate may swing either way, and slotted or notched, as shown at g, to receive the lug b and thus secure the door or gate.

The handles a 00 may be dispensed with, if

desired, and a knob, i, or other device attached to the end of the bar, as shown in Fig. 2.

To operate the latchbar, seize one of the handles a a or the knob i, and turn the bar on its pivot 0 till the lug b is raised out of the EDWARD HALSEY.

Witnesses:

EDGAR POME ROY, F. B. SMITH. 

